Elbows up! 🇨🇦 An IT Professional with interests in economics, science, history and technology. Guelph, Ontario.
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How Bruce Springsteen Created the ‘Greatest Rock Album Ever’
"America now looks less like a traditional federal republic and much more like whatever political label you might apply to a writhing pile of lobsters on the ocean’s floor,"
I think more like Crab Bucket politics myself. (viz, Pratchett)
WASHINGTON—Describing the shift as a troubling indicator for the health of the nation’s system of governance, watchdog group Freedom House published a report Wednesday downgrading the United States from a democracy to whatever political system lobsters have. “Persistent executive overreach and erosion of civil liberties mean that America now looks less like a traditional federal […]
Andromeda Galaxy Panorama Features Over 200 Million Stars.
https://mymodernmet.com/andromeda-galaxy-panorama-hubble-space-telescope-nasa/
Meet the universe's earliest confirmed black hole: A monster at the dawn of time
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-universe-earliest-black-hole-monster.html
An international team of astronomers, led by The University of Texas at Austin's Cosmic Frontier Center, has identified the most distant black hole ever confirmed. It and the galaxy it calls home, CAPERS-LRD-z9, are present 500 million years after the Big Bang. That places it 13.3 billion years into the past, when our universe was just 3% of its current age. As such, it provides a unique opportunity to study the structure and evolution of this enigmatic period.
'Astonishingly rare' The Hobbit book sells for 'record-breaking' sum
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to meet in coming days, Kremlin aide says
Secret plan to liberate Channel Islands found in dusty box
JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip | JD Vance | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/jd-vance-ohio-lake-water-levels
'The Devil Reached Toward the Sky' review: A comprehensive history of Atomic Age's start | AP News
“The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb” tells the story of the atomic bomb and its consequences. The Associated Press' Andrew DeMillo writes that author Garrett M. Graff weaves together a wide variety of voices to tell both the fascinating and chilling side of the Atomic Age's beginning. DeMillo writes that the book relies on both well-known scientists as well as lesser-known or unknown figures in the atomic bomb's history. The book also recounts the chilling tale of the aftermath.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians | Israel | The Guardian
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